As "Anatomy of a Fall" unfurls, the film itself becomes a clinical investigation of our own scrutiny. The tight, vérité-style structure of the film allows the audience to become acutely aware of their status as spectators. And like cinema vérité, the film takes a solely observational role in the telling of the story, giving the audience no more information than the jurors. 

The 2020 film “Rebecca” is, in a word, shallow. Or stuffy. Or static. The Netflix Original, released Wednesday, is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 Best Picture, but the films can barely be put...